Thanks everyone that replied to this, apparently it is easier then I thought to get everything I want on the install. Hopefully I should not run into any problems and it will all go smooth if not I know I can come here and get some help. A couple of you replied saying Sarge is the way to go and not Woody? Is sarge stable and secure enough for a live server? This server is not a test box but rather my everyday server that I need, so what is everyones opinion on sarge in a live environment? And is it going to replace woody as the stable release anytime soon?
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:15:37PM -0400, Jason G Skala wrote: >> I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running >> software >> raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software >> Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real >> concern >> is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find >> any >> good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, >> I am >> used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that >> is >> it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I >> just >> plan on creating my own from source? > > At the lab, we have two relatively new dual-Xeon machines and three > older dual-P3 machines. Most are SCSI, one is SATA. All of them run > various flavors of either Woody (stable) or Sarge (testing). As other > people have described, installing the SMP kernel is nearly painless. > > If you install Woody/stable, looks like the most recent Intel SMP > kernel is 2.4.18. After installing, do: > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp > > If you install Sarge/testing, the most recent Intel 2.4 kernel is: > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp > > The recent versions of debian-installer are very nice. As long as you > have at least a DSL connection, let me suggest that you burn a CD with > one of the latest Sarge network install ISO images and install w/ that: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ > >> The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, >> is >> this supported by default without any trouble? > > I've got a dual-P3 running Debian Sarge with a Adaptec aic7890/91 > Ultra2 SCSI adapter. A while back it was running Woody w/o trouble. > Driver appears to cover all AIC7xxx cards: > > Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36 > >> Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and >> have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that >> some >> one can provide to me on that as well. > > One of the dual-Xeons had an e1000; debian-installer recognized it, > but it wasn't properly set up. I had to add 'e1000' to /etc/modules. > Though, I've heard that this was probably fixed in recent versions of > debian-installer. > > Issues you've heard of were probably w/ the Woody installation. I was > never able to successfully install woody myself (though I knew less > about Debian then). Sarge install is much easier and it is likely to > become the new 'stable' in the next month or two. > > Jason > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
